Ch. 687                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

handicapped, or low income individuals; providing for the termination of this Act;
and generally relating to grants for local paratransit certain fiscal assistance for
certain transportation services.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 2-103.5
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1993 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Tax - General
Section 13-901(f)(1)(ii)5
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1988 Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 176 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1995
Section 3

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

2-103.5.

(a)     Subject to the appropriation requirements and budgetary provisions of §
3-216 of this article and upon receipt of an approval of a grant application in the form or
detail that the Secretary reasonably requires, [for Fiscal Year [1996] 1997 AND EACH
FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER, the Department shall provide ANNUAL grants for
paratransit service provided by county or local governments, that is complementary to
fixed route service as required under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.

(b)     The amount of the grants SHALL:

(1)     [Shall be] BE determined in accordance with multiyear paratransit
plans approved by the Department or the Federal Transit Administration; and

(2)     [May not exceed a total of $3.45 $4 million statewide in ANY Fiscal
Year 1996] EQUAL 100% OF THE COST OF PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

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